Outlook 2010 Junk Email Is Grayed Out

If your Outlook 2010 Junk Email is grayed out

Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\office\14.0\outlook and change DisableAntiSpam to 0.

Or save the following in notepad as Outlook2010EnableJunkEmail.reg and double click it to automatically make the changes.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\outlook]
"DisableAntiSpam"=dword:00000000

Source

http://www.groovypost.com/forum/microsoft-office/junk-filter-in-outlook-2010-not-working-t96233.html

Automatic Updates Options Greyed Out

Open notepad and copy the following.  Save as WindowsUpdateGrayedOutFix.reg.  Once saved double click the file and you should be able to change Automatic Updates options.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\AU]
"AUOptions"=-
"NoAutoUpdate"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate]
"DisableWindowsUpdateAccess"=-

SonicWall Global VPN Client (GVC) Troubleshooting

 

Are you getting in Windows 7 or Windows Vista: "Failed to Open the IPSec Driver"?

The answer to fix is thankfully very simple but not so obvious. Under Windows Vista, particularly Windows 7, the SonicWall IPSec driver is sometimes unable to load.
Fortunately, the remedy is simple:

1. Close the SonicWall VPN Client and exit it if it appears in the system tray (by the clock);
2. Go to Device Manager (Computer->Manage->Device Manager);
3. Go to the "View" menu and select "Show Hidden Devices";
4. Scroll down in device manager to "Non-Plug and Play" and right-click on "SonicWall IPSec Driver";
5. Select from the right-click menu "Properties";
6. Under the "Driver" tab, make sure the "Startup" type is set to "Automatic";
7. Also, make sure under "Current Status" the service is started. It should look like below:
   
8. Now the service is set to auto-start and is running, open up your VPN client and voila! It works! (And don't worry, now you've done this once you don't need to do it again).

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Select Phonebook Entry when trying to connect to VPN

Are you getting a dialogue box when you enable your SonicWall Global VPN Client's VPN connection which says "Select Phonebook Entry"; "This connection will use a phonebook entry to connect to the internet"?

If so, it is one of two things:

1. You actually don't have an internet connection active, so SonicWall is prompting to use a dial-up connection to achieve internet connectivity. Check your browser and wireless connection and make sure you have connectivity by visiting a webpage;
2. You are using Windows 7 E edition (or Windows 7 beta/release candidate) and have removed Internet Explorer 8. Windows 7 allows you, for the first time in over a decade since windows was introduced, to run the Operating System without Internet Explorer installed. Unfortunately, the current version of SonicWall Global VPN Client requires Internet Explorer. Re-install IE, reboot and re-install the SonicWall client.

However, fortunately the remedy is simple. If you definitely have an internet connection and it wants to open a phonebook connection, do the following:

1. Edit properties of your VPN Connection by right-clicking on connection name and selecting "Properties";
2. Go to the "Peers" tab and you'll see a list of IP addresses (or just 1) of your firewall(s) to connect to. Click "Edit" on one of them (or the only one);
3. In the 'Networking' Section, change the "Interface Selection" from "Automatic" to "LAN Only".
   
4. Restart GVC and re-connect to your VPN - it should now work!

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Deploy SonicWall Global VPN Client via Group Policy, with Client VPN Settings (Default.rcf)

OK, so many small businesses and small medium enterprises use SonicWall's Corporate Firewall devices. They are cost-effective, exceedingly flexible and offer fantastic uncompromised features.
So, why not utilize the power of Group Policy to corporatize your network?
This step-by-step will teach you how to both generate an (optional) default.rcf file (which is the VPN Client settings to tell the computer how to connect to your office firewall) and how to extract and deploy the Sonicwall Global VPN Client through Group Policy Objects.

Pre-requisites

1. Download the latest SonicWALL Global VPN Client (at time of writing, it is 4.6.4.0114);
2. Active Directory Domain with Group Policy Management Tool installed for advanced Group Policy Deployment;
3. Network Share to store Global VPN Client for client deployment;
4. Corporate SonicWALL Firewall HTTP Management Page to generate RCF file (settings template) for optional pre-client setup.

Step-by-Step

1. If you would like the VPN Clients to be installed pre-configured with your SonicWall Gateway VPN Settings, do the following:
   1. Export the WAN groupVPN configuration from your SonicWall Firewall/UTM appliance: VPN->WAN GROUP VPN Settings -> EXPORT ->RCF FILE
      OR
      Create a default.rcf if you want multiple connections. Sonicwall have an admin guide for generating a default.rcf file, or an example one is here.
   2. Rename the exported configuration file to default.rcf
   3. Save this file for later!
2. Extract the GVCSetupXX.exe setup file (where XX is either 32 for 32-bit Windows platforms or 64 for 64-bit Windows platforms) by typing the command line as follows:
   GVCSetupXX.exe /T:<Path where you want MSI to be extracted> /C
   E.g. GVCSetup32.exe /T:c:\Sonicwall /C
3. Perform an administrative install of the MSI file (GVCInstallXX.MSI) to make the Global VPN Client (GVC) ready for group policy installation by typing:
   msiexec /a c:\Sonicwall\GVCSetup32.msi /qb TARGETDIR=\\SERVER\GVC SHARE
   This will install the MSI files into a network share for group policy deployment.
4. [You may skip this step]. Copy the default.rcf file to the \Module Retargetable Folder in the network share (e.g. \\SERVER\GVC SHARE\Module Retargetable)
   This file will be copied during install and when you start the Global VPN Client, it reads the default.rcf and creates the defined connections from it.
5. Your SonicWall Global VPN Client is now extracted, administratively installed to a share and may optionally include the client connections information (via default.rcf). Now follow Guru Guy's Guide to Software Installation via Group Policy to deploy your software!

Source

http://magalan.co.uk/sonicwall_vpn_problems.html

Blackberry - How to configure folder redirection to receive email messages delivered to folders other than the Inbox (synching sub-folders)

Folder redirection (syncing sub-folders) can be enabled from the Email Settings tool on the BlackBerry smartphone, the BlackBerry Desktop Manager on the computer, or the BlackBerry Manager or BlackBerry Administration Service in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Complete the following steps for the appropriate option.

Note: The settings apply only to email messages that are received after the folder redirection changes have been saved.

BlackBerry Smartphone

For BlackBerry 6 devices, complete the following steps:

1. From the Home screen, select the Desktop message icon.
2. Click the Menu key and select Options.
3. From the Email Preferences screen, click Email Preferences.
4. At the top of the Email Preferences screen, select the Desktop Message Service and click the Menu key.
5. Highlight and select Folder Redirection.
6. Choose the mailbox, expand if necessary, and check folder items to redirect.
7. Press the Menu key and click Save.

For BlackBerry Device Software 4.5 to 5.0 complete the following steps:

1. From the Home screen of the BlackBerry smartphone, click the Desktop mailbox.
2. Press the Menu key and click Options then click Email Settings.
3. Press the Menu key and select Folder Redirection.
4. Expand Desktop, expand Mailbox - <Mailbox Name> and expand Inbox as necessary.
5. Select or clear each check box as required (select check boxes for any folders required to be redirected to the BlackBerry smartphone).

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BlackBerry Desktop Manager

1. Open the BlackBerry Desktop Manager and double-click Email Settings.
2. Click the General tab.
3. In the Folder Redirection section, select the Selected folders option.
4. Click Choose Folders.
5. In the Choose Folders window, expand the folder that receives new email messages.
6. Select the folder that receives new email messages and any additional folders to be redirected to the BlackBerry smartphone.
7. Click OK.

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To set up folder redirection from the BlackBerry Administration Service (BAS) for BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0, complete the following steps:

1. Log into the BlackBerry Administration Service web console.
2. Expand User under BlackBerry Solution Management.
3. Click Manage Users.
4. Search for the user and click on the user's display name.
5. Click Default configuration under the Messaging Configuration section of the User Information tab of the user view.
6. Click the email tab.
7. Click Edit user.
8. Select Selected folders under the Redirection settings.
9. Select the folders that need to be redirected.
10. Click Continue to user information edit.
11. Click Save all.

Source

http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB04297

.pst Repair

 

If you can't open your Personal Folders file (.pst) or your Offline Folder file (.ost), or you suspect that your .pst or .ost data file is corrupted, you can use the Inbox Repair tool (Scanpst.exe) to diagnose and repair errors in the file. The Inbox Repair tool scans only the .pst or .ost file, not your mailbox on the server running Microsoft Exchange. The tool determines whether the file structure is intact. If it is not intact, the Inbox Repair tool resets your file structure and rebuilds the headers.

The Inbox Repair tool works on both the Microsoft Outlook 97-2002 Personal Folders File (.pst) and the Office Outlook Personal Folders File (.pst) data files in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007.

Scanpst.exe is installed when you install Outlook. It is located at:

drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.

Repair errors by using Scanpst.exe

1. Exit Outlook if it is running.
2. Double-click Scanpst.exe, located at drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE12.
3. In the Enter the name of the file you want to scan box, enter the name of the .pst or .ost file that you want to check, or click Browse to search for the file.
4. To specify the scan log options, click Options, and then click the option that you want.
5. Click Start.
6. If errors are found after the scan is complete, you will be prompted to start the repair process to fix the errors.

A backup file is created during the repair process. To change the default name or location of this backup file, in the Enter name of backup file box, enter a new name, or click Browse to look for the file that you want to use.

7. Click Repair.
8. Start Outlook by using the profile that contains the .pst file that you tried to repair.
9. On the Go menu, click Folder List.

In the Folder List, you may see a folder named Recovered Personal Folders that contains your default Outlook folders or a Lost and Found folder. The recovered folders are usually empty, because this is a rebuilt .pst file. The Lost and Found folder contains the folders and items recovered by the Inbox Repair tool. Items that are missing from the Lost and Found folder cannot be repaired.

10. If you see a Recovered Personal Folders folder, you can create a new .pst file, and drag the items in the Lost and Found folder into the new .pst file. When you have finished moving all the items, you can remove the Recovered Personal Folders (.pst) file, including the Lost and Found folder, from your profile.

Notes

• If you are able to open the original .pst file, you may be able to recover additional items from your damaged .pst file. By default, the Inbox Repair tool creates a file called file name.bak, which is a copy of the original .pst file with a different extension. The .bak file is located in the same folder as your original .pst file. You may be able to recover items from the .bak file that the Inbox Repair tool could not recover. Make a copy of the .bak file, and give the file a new name with a .pst extension, such as bak.pst. Import the bak.pst file, and then move any additional recovered items to the new .pst file that you created.
• A copy of the log file is written to the same location as the .pst file.

Blackberry Contact Reset

Sometimes the contacts on a Blackerry get corrupted or are not fully syncing.  Follow the steps below to reset

On the Blackberry go to Contacts
Press Blackberry Menu->Options
Type
    rset
Click Yes to confirm deletion
Click

Your Contacts will be wiped and a re-synched.

Android Apps

Below is a list of popular Android apps.  If you click on the name it will open up the app listing in the Android market in your browser.  You can use this list to help discover apps you don’t know about or as a reference for apps.

 

Google Apps
Gmail	Google Googles	Google Search	Google Voice Search
Google Earth	Google Maps	Google Sky Map	Street View on Google Maps
Google Finance	Google Reader	Google Voice	Google+
Security
Lookout Mobile Security	McAfee WaveSecure
Browser
Dolphin Browser HD	Firefox	Skyfire Web Browser
Communication
Touchdown	Skype	Yahoo Mail	Yahoo! Messenger Plug-in
Facebook for Android	Skype Verizon	Yahoo Messenger
Finance
Bloomberg	Yahoo Finance
News
AP Mobile	CNET News	FOX News	NYTimes app for phone
BBC News	CNN App for Android Phones	MSNBC.com
CBS News	Drudge Report	NPR News
Travel
AA	Kayak Flight and Hotel Search	Southwest Airlines	Tripit
Entertainment
E! Online	HBO Go	Sound Hound	YouTube
iheartradio	Pandora Radio	TMZ
Movies	Shazam	Winamp
Utility
AdFree	Bing	LauncherPro	WiFi Analyzer
Adobe Reader	Bing on VZW	GasBuddy	YouMail
Advanced Task Killer	Documents To Go	Spell Checker	Zillow Real Estate
Barcode Scanner	Flash Player	Stats
Carrier
myAT&T	My Verizon
Weather
The Weather Channel	Weather Widget- Free	WeatherBug
Sports
ESPN	ScoreMobile for Android	WatchESPN	Yahoo Live Scores
Amazon
Amazon Appstore	Amazon.com	Kindle	Amazon mp3